Month: August 2013

I would like to write about communication today, and some implications in our daily lives (and I would like to warn you, it’s going to be a long post!) As you already know, I changed my job recently, from Sales to Internal Communications, and while I am still very focused on not writing about work here, or colleagues, or anything similar; working in this department is actually quite interesting because it’s making me look for ways to communicate better. When I was a student, at some point in my life they taught us about non verbal communication, and it sort of sounded like magic to me. Then, studying Consumer Psychology and similar in Advertising, made me realise just how important it is to communicate the message we want to so that the audience understands exactly what we want to convey. The same word can have different connotations depending on the non verbal communication that surrounds it. Let’s take a word with a negative connotation such as “idiot”. The meaning of this word will still be …

I don’t remember exactly when it was that I started crocheting… I think it was in February 2012… Here’s one of the first things I ever crocheted: Yes, that’s it, a single chain of yarn. I had become curious about it and decided to try it out. I bought a hook and some light yarn (to be able to see what I was doing) and got on Youtube and started searching for tutorials. Possibly in the same day, I did this: Just a straight, simple rectangle of yarn. I added it a button and did something to cover a jar. Simple. Soon enough, I was experimenting a bit more… Since then, I’ve been crocheting different things, from a Yoda hat I took on a ski trip, to a Cthulu and a Sackboy. You can see them here. I’m also trying to make a crocheted Afghan blanket, but that one is a long term project. Funnily enough, most of the people who know me personally, but not that well enough, find it difficult to believe that …

This week I’m doing a bit of a mess over here… I started writing a post, then left it unfinished, then started working on another post, which has nothing to do with the style of posts I’m doing during the week. For a while there, I was thinking whether to shake things up a bit and publish it, or stick to the plan and publish it on Sunday. Finally, sticking to the plan won and the other post (photos!) will be published at 6pm (UK time, that is) on Sunday, in case you want to cancel your plans and, you know, keep refreshing your browser! Ha! Instead, today I’m going to write about DIY (someone is on a roll, giving me all these ideas lately!) I’ve always thought I wasn’t good at doing DIY or crafts. I could have an idea, but to use the glue stick and all that paper, and all that effort and small details… it was way too much effort. I’ve always wanted to do something, and after 2 seconds of …

It seems the Kepler Space Telescope might not be operative anymore… It won’t discover any new planets. When I read the news, I thought about it, and as usual, I was filled with questions, but the main one that popped into my head was Given the chance, would you just jump on a spaceship to leave Earth and live in a different planet? Mind you, I’m not talking about the whole Earth being destroyed in some sort of apocalyptic situation and us having to evacuate. No. The scenario I have in mind is the following: suddenly, we hear on the news that a new planet has been discovered somewhere in space, and it can hold life. It’s pretty much like another Earth, only farther. We now have the means to ship a bunch of people off to the New Earth, so they’re, I don’t know, selling tickets? Of course, the journey would be long… Think of either living in a spaceship for many years (maybe even too many years, and only your children setting foot …